The Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets both have reached out to USC to request permission to interview offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, who took the job in December, for their vacant head coaching positions.

NFL teams must honor university wishes when it comes to interviewing their coaches or face penalties. However, if Kingsbury is serious about potentially landing an NFL head coaching job, there is a solution.

He could resign from his current position. That would likely require some sort of contract buyout. Thus far, there is no report saying he is considering this.

However, he would have to resign to just be considered for a job. Unless back-channel talks and negotiations have already happened and assurances have been made, he would have to quit his job to simply interview for another he might not get.

He very likely would easily find a new job, but it wouldn’t be a good look for him. Nonetheless, the possibility is there. He can work around USC’s denial for the interviews.